message from democratic leaders to allies, stop piling on the vice president if they want the party to win next year. plus thank you to the academy. this is history in the making. actress michelle yeoh capping a night of triumph for everything everywhere all at once. big win there. see who else won the biggest awards of the night, ahead. all right, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m rowchristine romans. just hours from now, president bide will be speak to the nation about his administration s plan to cool with the failure of two, two banking, silicon valley bank and signature bank, two commercial banks with more than $200 billion in total deposits. tvb a major startup of tech startups. federal officials are desperate to prevent contagion leading to runs on other banks. so far, they ve promised everyone with deposits in those two banks ininsured and uninsured will be able to get the money out and now with the bailout in the wa
senior corrector of axios and editor of democracy journalism and citizens institute. nice to see you. good morning, christine. why are the white house and democratic leaders trying to make these moves to reset the vice president s image right now? yeah, i mean, christine, it s because her approval ratings are quite low. when she s at 40%, it s a good day. and that s not the position you want to take before an re-election campaign. and this is where the rubber meets the road because joe biden is poised and micks history in the octogenarian stakes. and raises the stakes for who the vice president is, who the running mate will be. and it s true, if democrats are adding, you know, if democratic leaders are kind of adding to the undercurrent of the unpopularity with kamala harris, it could be a problem. i think the challenge for biden and for harris is going to be